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Are You Poor?
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No. 54%  54%  [ 13 ]
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09 Feb 2007, 5:26 am

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No-one would pay more than $10 dollars for Resident Evil 4? If it wasn't more than $25, I'd not be surprised, as the PS2 version I think has gone Platinum already. But $10??? Where the hell did you try to sell it? Cash Converters? Electronics Boutique?

We haven't tried to sell it. Mum told me that Cash Converters and Blockbuster won't pay more than $10 for PS2 games. But when you go to Cashies and see how much they sell them for, it's just stupid!


Over here, they sell them for anywhere between $19 and $39, so they are ripoff merchants for selling, although they can be occasionally be good for buying. But it's better to get it either new, or from a place like Electronic Boutique or Revolution CD (best value, IMNSHO). I don't think there's any Revolution CD stores in South Australia, though....

Waitamoment, since when did Blockbuster actually buy second-hand games???


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09 Feb 2007, 5:42 am

People with video games and computers are not poor....people without food are poor...and yes I have been poor but can live on my 10.oo an hour job without difficulty.If my car breaks down and no buses run to my job,that would be a problem.Not insurmountable but inconvenient.I would love to win the lotto(that I never play,maybe I will find a ticket on the side walk?)My life would be perfect if I had at least my present income and didnt have to work jobs I hate.I wouldnt sacrifice my free time to be rich....you cant buy time in my opinion(not my time,it's very valuable to me).


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09 Feb 2007, 5:44 am

Quatermass: Blockbuster started buying games when Movieland became Blockbuster.



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09 Feb 2007, 5:47 am

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People with video games and computers are not poor....people without food are poor...and yes I have been poor but can live on my 10.oo an hour job without difficulty.If my car breaks down and no buses run to my job,that would be a problem.Not insurmountable but inconvenient.I would love to win the lotto(that I never play,maybe I will find a ticket on the side walk?)My life would be perfect if I had at least my present income and didnt have to work jobs I hate.I wouldnt sacrifice my free time to be rich....you cant buy time in my opinion(not my time,it's very valuable to me).


True.


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09 Feb 2007, 11:38 am

Not really. I don't know how much we have, but I'm not rich or poor. I'm comfortable with the current situation.

We were quite poor in the second half of last year though.


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09 Feb 2007, 1:05 pm

i wouldnt say i'm poor, but i defintly have a problem spending money. on sportscards, i just bought a dan marino rookie for $100 :?

i used to have his rookie card but it either got lossed or stolen. there's no way i couldve passed up this opportunity. i needed it!


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09 Feb 2007, 1:20 pm

YEah i'm pretty poor,my mom doesn't work since she has health problems and my stepdad is the only one working,so that makes me poor too,even though i got a Xbox 360 yesterday,so i'm not as poor as redmage,but i'm still pretty poor.


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09 Feb 2007, 2:32 pm

I'm not poor, yet I'm not rich.

Eh.....He....Catch my drift?



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09 Feb 2007, 4:51 pm

Isla wrote:
I am poor.. and like it. I grew up rich and realized money cannot buy you happiness, it can only buy you things.


I agree with that statement. Money CAN'T buy happiness.



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09 Feb 2007, 5:06 pm

No, I'm well off for myself.

I don't have any troubles spending money and when friends ask "I wonder where my money goes, I just got paid!" I think 'it went to that horrible CD you bought, the T-Shirt you didnt need, eating out everyday when making your own is cheaper, wasting gas, etc.'

When it comes to money, I'm on top of this s**t :wink: 8)

And to think, I'm a drug user, why aren't I poor and selling my soul? :roll: :wink:



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09 Feb 2007, 5:17 pm

Starbuline wrote:
I agree with that statement. Money CAN'T buy happiness.

It can buy ME happiness. :wink:



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09 Feb 2007, 5:18 pm

RedMage wrote:
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I agree with that statement. Money CAN'T buy happiness.

It can buy ME happiness. :wink:


Well, I guess it just can't buy me happiness.



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09 Feb 2007, 5:29 pm

All the things I want cost money, like video games. :(



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09 Feb 2007, 5:34 pm

I'm not poor. I have a computer, television and video games. I also have my toys.



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09 Feb 2007, 6:11 pm

According to a recent magazine article (I forgot which one) anyone with two thousand dollars
or more is rich compared with most of the world's population. I guess that makes me rich in
other than name only. :P



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09 Feb 2007, 6:31 pm

yes... but i'm currently accepting donations as a means for correcting this!


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